Moving Along - Day 12

Testing that same old video in yesterday's test code: trying my video again to see if it shows here: ...Crosses fingers...

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Hope it works this time! http://youtu.be/hjypaqKW7qU Now this... ...what?

Moving Along - Day11

Testing my own video in yesterday's test code: trying my website to see if it shows here: Ah-ha! I must be on the right track!

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Hope it works this time!

Moving Along - Day 10

Testing my own video in yesterday's test code:

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Hope it works this time!

Moving Along - Day 09

Testing a chunk of code from another blogger with a similar video problem:
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Moving Along - Day 08

The same video as yesterday, but processed in Handbrake for iPad.
Will it show up when I open the blog on my iPad device?

The same video, but with its own resolution for the display properties.
Keep on trying.
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... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjypaqKW7qU&list=UUQ0v7Ee9O9pAtzlqCtHv9JQ Posted via the direct YouTube link

Moving Along - Day 07

A title screen test with focus zooming in and out. The 996 KB mov. file Final Cut Pro X file imported directly to Blogger. Blogger default @ 320x266 pixels. How come it's letterboxed?

This is the same file uploaded to display at 800x450 so it's 16:9. It plays adequately, but, the thumbnail image is so degraded!

The same .mov converted in Handbrake to mp4. Default settings 320x226.

The same .mov converted in Handbrake to mp4. Display settings 800x448, the original dimensions of  the converted file.

Moving Along - Day 06

Here is the same project, but saved at 960x540, and reduced from 1.6MB in the .mov file to a mere 477KB in the .mp4 file.
Above displayed at 266x320 resolution, the Blogger default.
Below is the same project, at the resolution it was exported from FCPX and Handbrake - 960x540.

Moving Along - Day 05

Five second video of two still images, a cross-dissolve transition and a music clip.

FCPX master export file .mov for web hosting 1920x1080 QT AAC @ 6.4MB.

Handbrake conversion reduced .mp4 @ 1.6MB.

Video display size changed from default 266x320 to 450x800, which is 16:9 ratio.

Moving Along - Day 04

A still photo image with transitions applied, shared out of Final Cut Pro X at 98.4MB.

Processed from .mov to .mp4 in the Handbrake converter. Compressed file size 1.4MB. Conversion took seconds!

Moving Along - Day 03

Here's another version of the same video clip I posted yesterday and the day before.

I processed this one from .mov to .mp4 in the Handbrake converter. Compressed file size 2MB from 120MB. Let's see how this one turned out.

Moving Along - Day 02

So, here's a 1080p HD video processed in Final Cut Pro X and exported with the You Tube settings. And then I retrieved it from You Tube to place here on the blog.
The file size for the original .mov video was 120 MB, and the file size compressed to .mp4 was 1.3 MB.
I wonder what it looks like?

Moving Along - Day 01

This month I am working on video, and I am using this blog as a testing area for video experiments and tests and trying out tricks and techniques.

So far: Blogger tells me: 

1.  "There was an upload error."

2. "We are sorry but there was an error uploading your video."

And I respond:

3. "This is a part of my learning curve."  and 

4. Better luck tomorrow."

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 31

"Daylight" at Dusk - Moon Through Trees    

Time Exposure of the Moon Through Trees    

- turns the evening into "daylight."    

A 20 second time exposure with low ISO and medium f-stop delivers enough light to the camera sensor to make dusk appear to be daylight, and turns the moon into a softly glowing sun.      

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 30

Streetlights Through Sheer Fabric    

Lights from the Parking Lot   

- make interference patterns through the sheer curtains at the window.    

Interference patterns are fascinating to look at - they appear very different if you focus on the sheer curtain fabric or if you focus on the lights in the distance. In the dark, they show a prismatic color effect as well as the splitting of the rays of light from the intense lights behind the curtain.      

         

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 29

A Porch, a Deck Chair and a Flashlight    

Light-Painting a Deck Chair on the Porch   

- makes a dramatic play of highlights and shadows.    

There is no direct light on the deck chair, and this photograph was lit entirely with the moving beam of a flashlight. Dark shadows are most well-defined where the light from the flashlight went back over the same area more than once, which is also where the highlights on the porch wall and the detail in the chair are best depicted, too.     

         

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 28

Grapes, a Glass Bowl and a Flashlight    

Light-Painting a Glass Bowlful  of Grapes   

- makes a dramatic play of highlights and shadows.    

At night, with no direct light on the bowl of grapes except the flashlight beam, the camera is able to create an image which is a record of where the light has traveled while the shutter was open. And the grapes are isolated and spotlighted in the scene.  

         

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 27

Painting with a Flashlight    

Light-Painting a Geranium Plant   

- makes a dramatic play of highlights and shadows.    

Cameras can create images that the human eye could never perceive. With no other light source except a flashlight beamed around the blossoms of the plant, and with the camera set to make a long enough exposure, the geranium plant becomes a dynamic sculpture in color and texture. 

         

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 26

Pale Shadows on the Shed     

Pale Orange Illumination from Streetlamps   

- and a cluster of nearby trees make dancing shadows on the shed.    

The orange light from the streetlamps is blocked by trees on the other side of the yard, making flickering liquid shadows on the side of the shed. On the adjoining side of the shed, the corner of a chain link fence makes a more pronounced zigzag.         

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 25

Big Dipper Over the Roof     

Constallations Are Recognizable   

- no matter where the the sky they appear.    

There are millions of stars in the sky, but only a few of these stars are bright enough to make a recognizable pattern for the human eye to follow - a constallation. The Big Dipper is one of these.          

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 24

Trees, Stars and Planets     

Streetlights Illuminate the Trees   

- and stars and planets glow with their own light.    

On a clear night, away from artificial lights, your eyes can pick out so many stars it's unbelievable. Our eyes are blinded by streetlights, floodlights and lights from cars and houses, so it takes a few minutes of staring into the dark to see how many pinpoints of light there actually are out there.